Zimbabwe 1997

National Premier Soccer League 

NB: first ever season for Amazulu in the top flight; they played
    11 matches (all listed below) on Saturday's, including their
    first ever PSL match on Mar 8, 1997.  After this season, Amazulu
    refused to play matches on Saturday on the grounds that their
    club director Delma Lupepe (who acquired the team when at the
    second level Southern Region Division One) is a Seventh Day
    Adventist.

Round 1 [Mar 8]
Blackpool   3-3 Amazulu

[date?]
Wankie      bt  Dynamos

[Mar 22]
Air Zimb.   2-2 Amazulu
[Mar 26]
Dynamos     2-0 Zimbabwe Saints
[Mar 29]
Highlanders 1-2 Amazulu
[Apr 5]
Amazulu     2-0 Gweru United 
[Apr 17]
Dynamos     2-1 Highlanders
[May 2]
Blackpool   3-1 Dynamos
[Jun 7]
Amazulu     5-0 Arcadia United
[Jun 26]
Wankie      4-1 Dynamos
[Aug 23]
Amazulu     1-0 Air Zimbabwe
[date?]
Zim Saints  0-1 Dynamos
[Oct 11]
Amazulu     4-2 Tongogara
[Oct 19]
Highlanders 1-1 Dynamos
[Nov 1]
Amazulu     1-1 Mhangura
[Nov 8]
Black Aces  4-0 Amazulu
[Nov 15]
Amazulu     3-1 Lancashire

Round 29
[Nov 22]
Arcadia     1-0 Amazulu
[Nov 23]
Dynamos     4-0 Blackpool
Lancashire  1-0 CAPS
Wankie      3-4 Tongogara
Zim Saints  2-2 Chapungu

Round 30
[Nov 30]
Dynamos     3-0 Tongogara

Final Table:

 1.Dynamos (Harare)            30 20  8  2  78-33  68  Champions
 2.CAPS United (Harare)        30 17  6  7  68-31  57
 3.Black Aces (Harare)         30 14  8  8  47-37  50 
 4.Blackpool (Harare)          30 13 10  7  51-42  49
 5.Wankie (Hwange)             30 13  6 11  53-44  45
 6.Highlanders (Bulawayo)      30 11 11  8  44-39  44
 7.Zimbabwe Saints (Bulawayo)  30 12  7 11  44-34  43 
 8.Air Zimbabwe Jets (Harare)  30 12  6 12  63-54  42
 9.Amazulu (Bulawayo)          30 11  8 11  46-44  41 
10.Lancashire Steel (Kwekwe)   30 10 10 10  42-56  40
11.Blue Swallows (Marondera)   30 10  7 13  53-51  37
12.Chapungu (Gweru)            30  9 10 11  50-50  37
13.Mhangura FC (Mhangura)      30  8  9 13  28-35  33
14.Arcadia United (Harare)     30  7  8 15  28-49  29
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15.Tongogara (Kadoma)          30  5  8 17  43-72  23  Relegated
16.Gweru United (Gweru)        30  6  2 22  27-94  20  Relegated

Promoted: United Railstars (Gwanda), Black Rhinos (Mutare).

NB: apparently Blue Swallows withdrew or were relegated through a playoff,
    and their place was taken by Ziscosteel (Redcliffe).



BP League Cup 1997

Semifinals

First Legs
CAPS United 5-1 Wankie
Dynamos     1-0 Chapungu 

NB: second leg results not known

Final [Sep 28, 1997, National Sports Stadium]
CAPS United 1-1 Dynamos
  [Shingi Arlon 57; Lloyd Mutasa 29]

Final Replay [Oct 26, 1997, National Sports Stadium]
CAPS United 3-2 Dynamos     [aet]


Independence Trophy
winners: CAPS United
 
Second Level

Northern Zone:

 1.Black Rhinos      36 23 11  2 76-24 80  (Promoted)
 2.Cosco             36 21  9  6 74-31 72
 3.Redwing Mine      36 19 11  6 71-43 68
 4.Trojan Mine       36 18 10  8 63-32 64
 5.Circle United     36 19  4 13 43-39 61
 6.Elvington Mine    36 16  9 11 50-51 57
 7.Unique Select     36 16  8 12 61-57 56
 8.Jumbo Giants      36 12 14 10 58-48 50
 9.Buffaloes         36 14  8 14 56-50 50
10.Eiffel Flats      36 13  9 14 50-54 48
11.Hackney           36 11 14 11 52-41 47
12.GMB Silos         35 12 11 12 58-58 47
13.Lulu Rovers       36 12 10 14 53-51 46
14.ZRP Tomlinson     36 12 10 14 52-68 46
15.Karoi United      35 11 11 13 46-50 44
16.Zupco Mutare      36 11 10 15 49-64 43
17.LSM Alaska        36 11  9 16 57-62 42
18.Shamva Mine       36 11  9 15 56-62 42
19.Hunyani           36  9 13 14 36-39 40
20.Sporting Lions    36  8  9 19 55-70 33
21.Kadoma Wildcats   35  6  8 21 43-72 26
22.Zimbabwe Crackers 34  5  6 24  5-92 20

Southern Zone:

Promoted: United Railstars (Gwanda)

Rothmans Champions of Champions Tournament (2nd level championship?)

[Nov 23]
Railstars   0-2 Black Rhinos

1996

1998 (cups)

1998/99

list of champions.

list of cup winners.


About this document

Thanks to Angus Gordon-Farleigh

Sources: Zimbabwe Independent and African Soccer.

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 2 Sep 2009

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